Vulnerability Analyst & Penetration Tester (Team Leader) at Digital Egypt Pioneers Program (DEPI) - MCIT (2025-06 – 2025-12)
- Directed a cross-functional 7-member team to successfully achieve 100% of technical project milestones in a highly competitive MCIT-sponsored program.
- Orchestrated 50+ rigorous Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment scans across complex simulated enterprise lab environments to isolate critical security gaps.
- Formulated 3 scalable security infrastructure blueprints and earned a Business English certification to streamline technical reporting for 5+ regional stakeholders.
SOC Intern at WE Innovate Cybersecurity Bootcamp (2025-08 – 2025-09)
- Deployed and configured the complete Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana) with Fleet Server, centralizing SIEM Operations for over 100+ endpoints.
- Established optimized Winlogbeat and Fluent Bit data pipelines that increased total Log Analysis event coverage by 35% across Windows/Linux hybrid systems.
- Authored 10+ custom KQL/EQL detection rules that effectively recognized 98% of real-time persistent threats and privilege escalation attempts.
- Conducted dynamic malware analysis of Ursnif/Gozi banking trojans to successfully extract 15+ high-fidelity Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for Threat Detection & Analysis.
- Enforced Active Directory Security by applying 20+ strictly audited Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to completely mitigate lateral movement risks.
IT Security & Network Trainee (Part-time concurrent projects) at Concurrent Roles: Alexandria Petroleum & Abu Qir Fertilizers (2025-07 – 2025-08)
- Managed dual part-time concurrent projects, applying robust enterprise network security measures to improve core database data integrity by 25% at Alexandria Petroleum.
- Provisioned AWS Cloud Security solutions and actively monitored Elastic SIEM tools to ensure a consistent sub-15-minute response to all security incidents.
- Analyzed and monitored large-scale industrial network infrastructure protocols, effectively securing a complex environment of 500+ active enterprise nodes at Abu Qir Fertilizers.
Cybersecurity Intern at Commercial International Bank (CIB) (2024-06 – 2024-08)
- Graduated from an intensive 8-week cybersecurity internship at Egypt's largest private bank, focusing heavily on enterprise digital transformation.
- Evaluated 5+ financial system security protocols, mitigating critical enterprise risks across 3 major initiatives and completing 40+ hours of advanced data literacy training.
IT Infrastructure Intern at SARTA City (2024-08 – 2024-09)
- Completed 120+ intensive hours of professional hands-on training in enterprise IT systems, systematically optimizing core network performance.
- Organized the strategic deployment of critical network administration security measures, successfully fortifying IT operations for smart city infrastructure across 10+ independent systems.
